The Calgary Gravel and Excavation Scene

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  3. Bodhi

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    Not in Canada they are not ...
     
  4. '88K100

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    The constant exposure to fumes will catch up to you,,,i would prefer to ruin my liver the old fashioned way
    I hauled aggregate for 3 months…its tedious. I hauling out of one pit to one job site…i made it clear i be the first to get laid off when time came…
     
  5. classicxl

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    I’ve heard that from a few drivers that either hauled fuel or friends have and got sick . One indian guy told me his friend got really sick and they figure the gas/diesel got into his bloodstream through his skin
     
  6. BobO1176

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    Benzene is the killer
     
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  8. BigHossVolvo

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    That’s awesome!!!

    I have 2 job offers, with gravel contractors if I want them. Both pay more than working directly for the excavation companies, brand new trucks (KW and Western Star) both have contracts with the City of Calgary. Neither advertises on indeed, was introduced by friends who operate equipment. So call it plan B and C if LTL crashes.
     
  9. classicxl

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    That’s awesome to hear i always wonder though when companies advertise clear drivers and cvor abstract does that include your personal car or G license here in ontario. I got a 15 km/h over in a 80km/h last sept/oct first one in like 10 years . I see every company says clear record just wonder how it would affect me with 15 years experience and only one ticket in my pick up truck headed to work for 95 in a 80 zone
     
  10. BigHossVolvo

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    My company (Manitoba Based, MPI plates and insurance) will accept 2 moving violations (personal or commercial) within 3 years, as long as they were not DUI, Criminal Speeding or Dangerous Driving/Stunting. So 15 over in personal would be no big deal, a CVOR shows everything on your License, but it annotates Personal or Commercial. When companies say clean, they mean at fault accidents, or as I mentioned, criminal stuff (esp dangerous driving/stunting or The Brampton Special as I've heard it referred too)
     
  11. classicxl

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    ok thanks i was worried i might be stuck where i’m at . I think 2024 might be new job time i’m just not making what i should at $62k a year
     
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